Huang Shanshan went home in a huff and told Grandma Huang about what happened at the neighborhood committee. Grandma Huang was also helpless, knowing that her yard was a piece of fat meat.
"I haven't even left yet, and those people are already watching me," Grandma Huang hesitated, "Maybe I should just stay here!"
"No! Now that they've seen the potential profit, what if they get malicious ideas if you don't leave? You're a seventy or eighty-year-old woman, you can't fight them to the death, you have to come with me this time!"
Huang Shanshan rarely shows her strength. In fact, she has always been quite strong. However, when facing her elderly mother who has lost two sons, she inevitably feels some heartache and becomes timid in her words and actions.
Now that they know the neighborhood committee officials are eyeing this courtyard, how could they dare leave their elderly mother here! If something happens, she won't be able to help from so far away, which would be troublesome!
Grandma Huang dared not object to her daughter's assertiveness. When her two older brothers were alive, her daughter was not so easy to talk to. It was only after her brothers passed away that she became gentle with her old mother.
Just as the mother and daughter were talking, Aunt Xie arrived with a tenant—the same woman with triangular eyes. Granny Huang remembered what she had said a few days ago.
He was instantly furious and blocked their way at the door: "Don't come in, we don't welcome you!"
The woman with triangular eyes said with a beaming smile, "Now that this yard is going to be ours, you have to show it to me and tell you that those things can't be moved; you have to leave them for us."
"When did our yard become yours?" Granny Huang asked angrily. The woman with triangular eyes patted her lips and said, "I misspoke. You'll be renting this yard to me soon. Can I at least take a look?"
"We already told you we're not renting to you, so you don't need to come in!"
Aunt Xie was somewhat displeased: "Sister Huang, our neighborhood office has always taken good care of you because you are a martyr's family member. Are you trying to kick us while we're down?"
“I keep hearing complaints that your family has five or six rooms, but you’re unwilling to rent them out to people who need them. Now that you’re going to the military region, it’s absolutely unacceptable that you don’t rent out these empty rooms!”
“We will force you to rent it out. I’m here now to inform you whether you’re leaving tomorrow or the day after, so I can arrange for someone to move in!”
Huang Shanshan also blocked the way: "Auntie Xie, what you're saying is that you think we can live in our house for free?"
Auntie Xie's eyes flickered. She couldn't possibly stay for free, but the rent would go into her pocket right now. As for Granny Huang, she'd already made a profit by letting her stay in such a big house for so long!
Huang Shanshan emphasized again: "We don't rent out our house, so don't come back. I'll beat you every time you come!"
The triangular-eyed woman retorted angrily, "A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl. What are you doing meddling in your own family's affairs? You're the one who should get out. Show me this house and see how many people it can accommodate!"
After saying that, the woman with triangular eyes rushed inside. Huang Shanshan grabbed her and threw her out. Just a second ago, the woman with triangular eyes was about to walk into the house she had been longing for.
How did she end up lying on the ground the next second? The thought made her body ache all over, and she immediately started howling like a banshee: "Murder! Murder!"
Neighbors came over to watch the commotion, and another disheveled woman, who had been eyeing the yard for a long time, said sarcastically, "Shanshan, how could you hit someone?"
"You can't hit people, right? Then let her storm into your yard, take over your house, and see if you can tolerate it without hitting her!"
These words made the slovenly woman next door jump up: "Whoever dares to try and take my house, I'll beat her to death!"
These words silenced the discussion. People always enjoy watching a good show, but when they experience the consequences, they realize that even small things can be big problems!
Huang Shanshan stood alone at the doorway, saying, "Let me make this clear first: I'm not renting this house out. I need it for a relative to stay in. Don't come here and cause trouble!"
Auntie Jie had already received a bribe from the woman with triangular eyes. If she didn't let the woman with triangular eyes stay, she would definitely ask her for the money back. How could she take money out of her own pocket after it was already in her own?
Grandma Xie insisted: "As long as it's a rental, it must be approved by the neighborhood committee; otherwise, it can't be rented, and even if it is, it won't be recognized!"
Huang Shanshan raised her head: "Then I won't rent it out. Can I give it to a relative to live in?"
That's certainly possible, but Aunt Xie insisted: "No, it can't be given to relatives to live in; the homeowner must live there himself!"
Huang Shanshan laughed in exasperation: "So the landlord has to live here by himself? The child can't live here?"
These words drew boos from the neighbors: "So you can't even buy a house for my child to live in? I heard that the house your son lives in is still in your name. Can we go and tell him he can't live there?"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Jie's scalp tingled. The house her son lived in was of course in her name; how could it be transferred to her son's name? She immediately changed her tune: "It's fine for your own children to live there too!"
Huang Shanshan repeated, "As long as the homeowner lives in the house himself or lets his children live in it, it's fine, right?"
Aunt Xie didn't know why Huang Shanshan had to repeat herself, but she could only nod and say, "Yes, that's right!"
Huang Shanshan turned around and went back to close the door: "Then you go back. This is where the landlord lives, and also where her children live. There's no place for you to rent!"
After Huang Shanshan left, the woman with the triangular eyes sneered: "A good-for-nothing, trying to show off here! I wonder if you don't need to work and can stay here guarding the house!"
The woman with triangular eyes stared longingly at the courtyard. Soon, this courtyard would be hers. She planned to move in and not pay a single penny of rent. If anyone dared to make her leave, she would sue them for being capitalists!
Thinking of this, the triangular-eyed woman's eyes were filled with fighting spirit. In the future, the whole family would have one room, and no one else would have to come out and walk around the streets just because one couple needed to do something.
The triangular-eyed woman shuddered at the thought of having to go out in the dead of winter. How wonderful it would be if she never had to live like that again!
Back in the courtyard, Huang Shanshan said to her mother, "Let's transfer the house to Xiao Yan!"
"What?" Grandma Huang looked incredulous. This house was her life; how could she transfer it out?
Huang Shanshan quickly grabbed her mother's cold hand: "It's just a temporary transfer. I'll talk to her and make sure she transfers it back to us when you come back!"
These words reassured Granny Huang somewhat: 'Will she keep her promise?'
"Don't worry, Yanzi is a person who keeps her promises!"
As expected, Xiao Yan nodded immediately after hearing the whole story: "Here's the arrangement. We'll transfer it to Yao Tongjia's name, and you can transfer it back if needed in the future. We can write a guarantee. Of course, I'll pay you the market price first, and you can transfer it back if needed in the future!"
And so, while Yao Tongjia was attending classes, she acquired a courtyard under her name.
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